Washing-machine



A(No Model.)

J. N. BUNCH. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 448,118. Patented Mar. 10, 1891.

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WITNESSES 741K @QW UNITED STATES PATENT @Finca n JOHN N. BUNOH, on EUGENE, OREGON.,

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,118, dated March 10, 1891. Application filed January 26, 1891l Serial No. 379,138. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. BUNCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eugene, in the county of Lane and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such.as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to washing-machines;

The Object of the invention is to provide a ready, convenient, and efficient attachment which can be applied to any suitable tub or vessel for the purpose of washing and rinsing clothes or for impregnating fabrics with any desirable substance, such as bluing or dye.

With this objectin view the invention consists, in general, of a frame composed of a central post, hub, or boss having a pivot at its lower end and an upward-projecting portion for the purpose of attachment of a handle, the post, hub, or boss having a number of laterally-projecting rods or bars, these bars being stayed and supplemented by fixed uprights equidistant from the center, and which are permanently fixed at some distance from the ends of the rods or bars and extend laterally beyond them.

The invention consists, furthermore, in the combination, with this device, of a tub or other suitable vessel provided on its bottom centrally with a block or step having a suitable well or depression and with a suitable cover having a central perforation. t

In the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this speciiication, and in which like letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is a view in perspective exhibit-ing the attachment, and Fig. 2 is aview in central vertical longitudinal section showing Vthe .attachment in position in a tub or vessel suitably provided to receive it and permit it properly to operate.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a central post, hub, or boss, having below a projection or pivot aand an upward-projecting portion d2 of some length, and to which will be attached a suitable handle, such as that shown at a3, which has a clamp end a4 to take over the top of the upward projection from the post, and is provided with a set-screw or binding-screw a5. Through the post pass rods or bars B, the arrangement of these bars being such that adjacent ones are at different heights, thereby having a rod or bar opposite each opening between the adjacent rods or bars and between the'bars and the bottom of the tub. The rods or bars are so arranged that the lowest one will be near the bottom of the tub in operation. At some distance from the endsof the rods or bars, and taking over the bars or rods, are flattened uprights C, projecting laterally some distance beyond the rods or bars and leaving a small space between them and extending downward very close to the bottom of the tub when in operation. The uprights on all the bars or rods are at substantially the same distance from the ends of the bars or rods-that is to say, the uprights are all fixed at about the same distance from the central post.

The attachment is set into a suitable tub D, which may be of wood or metal, having a central block or step el within on its bottom, serving as a bearing for the lower end of the post. The tub is provided with a cover D2, which has a centralperforation cl2 to serve as an upper bearing for the upward projection from the post, and has, furthermore, aange or rim CL3 to enable the cover to be set firmly and closely into the tub. To prevent the cover from being displaced in the operation of the device, the cover is provided with eyes d* near its rim, which are taken into by hooks on the tub. It will be. apparent that I may etnploy some other suitable device for holding the cover in place, such as latches on the cover, to take under projections on the upper inside or outside margin of the tub, or the like. It will be observed that the uprights are permanently in position some distance from the ends of the rods orbars, and that they project laterally beyond the bars. The attachment having been placed in the tub provided to receive it, and the tub containing the necessary liquid, such as hot suds for washing, the clothes or other goods to be washed may be put into the tub at the circumference thereof between the sets of bars or rods outside of the uprights, or may be hung upon the outer ends of the bars or rods. The cover is then placed upon the tub, its

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central perforation passing over the upward projection from the hub, and the handle is then applied to the end of the upward projection. The device is then oscillated in the tub. By the long upward projection'in the nature of a neck the covermay be raised conveniently' Without removing the handle. As the uprights project laterally some distance from the bars or rods, no large space is left between them. The purpose of this is to keep the clothes or other material under treatment from passing toward the center of the tub. It is clear that the greatest or most rapid motion is at the ends of the arms, so that in the act ofwashingthe material under treatment gets the greatest amount of. motion in the cleansing-liquid; but there is always a tendency in the material being treated upon each reversal of motion to pass to the centerwhere the motion is less rapid or violent. The uprights etfectually prevent this. In addition to this function, the uprights perform the function of stays or braces for the rods or bars, and, besides, aid materially as arms to carry the material back and forth and as rubsurfaces. To this end the uprights may be corrugated longitudinally.

It will be clear that my invention differs essentially from any device or apparatus in which the uprights are or may be at the ends of the bars, or are at different distances from the ends of the rods or bars, since the location of my uprights or any one or more of them at the ends of the rods or bars or at diiferent distances therefrom would absolutely defeat mypurpose, which is at all times to present the material under treat-ment to the greatest possible amount of agitation in the cleansing or impregnating liquid, and to keep the material away from the center where the motion is less or null and keep it from winding about the post, while at the same time allowing the liquid free motion from the center to the circumference and back.

Additionally to prevent the goods under treatment from passing to the center and keep them in the swirl wires maybe stretched horizontally from upright to upright, or all around7 or within the uprights.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

l. In a washing-machine, the combination, with a central post and rods or bars, of xed uprights upon the rods or bars about equidistant from their ends, the rods or bars extending beyond the uprights to serve as arms to catch the goods and move them back and forth at the circumference, where the motion is the greatest, and the uprights projecting laterally from the rods or bars, leaving but a small space between one upright and another, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination, with a central post and rods or bars, of fixed uprights upon the rods or bars about equidistant from their ends, the uprights projecting laterally from the rods or bars, leaving but a small space between one upright and another, and Wires stretched between adjacent uprights, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN lN. BUNCH. Witnesses:

R. G. DYRENFORTH, F. B. KEEFER. 

